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ACTS 17:18 o[ti … euvhggeli,zeto
It is curious that D itgig omit the explanatory clause. Although some
scholars have regarded the reading as a Western non-interpolation, it
is more likely that the wo...
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Verse Acts 17:18. _CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE EPICUREANS_] These
were the followers of _Epicurus_, who acknowledged no gods except in
_name_, and absolutely denied that they exercised any government...
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THEN CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS - Athens was distinguished, among all the
cities of Greece and the world, for the cultivation of a subtle and
refined philosophy. This was their boast, and the object of thei...
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CHAPTER 17
_ 1. The Gospel in Thessalonica (Acts 17:1)._
2. The Gospel in Beroea (Acts 17:10).
3. Paul in Athens (Acts 17:15).
Three cities in which the Gospel is next preached are before us in
thi...
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PAUL AT ATHENS. Athens was at this time no longer the intellectual
centre of the world, nor the best of the leading schools of
philosophy; but the fame of the city drew many to it, and a visit to
Athe...
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IN THESSALONICA (Acts 17:1-9)...
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When Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was deeply vexed
as he saw the whole city full of idols. He debated with the Jews and
the worshippers in the synagogue and every day he talked in t...
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PHILOSOPHERS, &C. = of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. Only
occurance of _philosophos._ The Epicureans were followers of Epicurus
(342-279 B.C.) who held that pleasure was the highest good, whil...
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_philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoicks_ In St Paul's day
these two systems of philosophy were most prominent throughout the
Roman world, and were regarded as conflicting though in many poi...
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PAUL, PROVOKED BY THE PREVALENCE OF IDOLATRY AT ATHENS, FIRST
ADDRESSES THE JEWS AND THEN THE GENTILES. SOME OF THE PHILOSOPHERS
QUESTION HIM ON HIS TEACHING, AND BRING HIM TO THE AREOPAGUS THAT THEY...
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αὐτοῖς before ΕΥ̓ΗΓΓΕΛΊΖΕΤΟ omitted with אBLP.
_Vulg_. has ‘eis.’
18. ΤΙΝῈΣ ΔῈ ΚΑῚ ΤΩ͂Ν ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΕΊΩΝ ΚΑῚ
ΣΤΩΪΚΩ͂Ν ΦΙΛΟΣΌΦΩΝ, _then certain philosophers, both
of the Epicureans and of the Stoics_. In St...
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_AN ALTAR TO AN UNKNOWN GOD ACTS 17:16-23:_ While Paul waited for his
co-workers his spirit was stirred by all the idolatry in Athens. He
saw a city "full of idols." Paul had discussions, (1) in the S...
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THE EPICUREANS AND—STOICS,— _The Epicureans,_ whose sect was
founded by _Epicurus,_ are said to have ascribed neither creation nor
providence to God; but held that the world was made by a conflux of
a...
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IN ATHENS. Acts 17:14 b - Acts 17:34.
a.
The brethren from Berea go with Paul as far as Athens and take back a
command for the coming of Silas and Timothy. Acts 17:14 b -...
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18. By efforts so persistent he succeeded in attracting some attention
from the idle throng, but it was of a character, at first, not very
flattering. (18) "_The certain of the Epicurean and Stoic phi...
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Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,
encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other
some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he
pr...
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1 Luke seems to have remained behind at Philippi, for the narrative
now proceeds in the third person. Timothy also tarried, for no one was
more genuinely solicitous of the welfare of the infant eccles...
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BABBLER] lit. 'a picker up of seeds' (like a bird); hence a shallow
talker who picks up scraps of information, and retails them at
secondhand. AND THE RESURRECTION] better, and Anastasis.' The
Athenia...
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ATHENS.
After leaving Berœa, St. Paul entered the Roman province of Achaia,
which was at this time a senatorian province, governed by a proconsul,
and of which the capital was Corinth. He first visite...
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SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED)
1-15. Thessalonica and Berœa.
1. Amphipolis] 32 m. W. of Philippi.
APOLLONIA] 30 m. W. of Amphipolis.
THESSALONICA] now Salonika, was the capital of the provin...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 17
PAUL AND SILAS GO TO THESSALONICA, 17:1-4
V1 Paul and Silas travelled through Amphipolis and Apollonia. They
came to Thessalonica. There was...
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CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE EPICUREANS, AND OF THE STOICKS. — The
two schools were at this time the great representatives of Greek
thought. The former took its name from its founder, Epicurus, who
liv...
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CHAPTER 12
ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA.
Acts 16:29; Acts 17:1; Acts 17:10
TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels.
He had passed diagonally right through Asia Minor, followin...
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CHAPTER 13
ST. PAUL IN GREECE.
Acts 17:16; Acts 18:1
THERE are parallelisms in history which are very striking, and yet
these parallelisms can be easily explained. The stress and strain of
difficult...
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CHAPTER 12
ST. PAUL IN MACEDONIA.
Acts 16:29; Acts 17:1; Acts 17:10
TROAS was at this time the termination of St. Paul's Asiatic travels.
He had passed diagonally right through Asia Minor, followin...
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συνέβαλλον αὐτῷ : a word peculiar to St. Luke; three
times in his Gospel, four times in Acts; it need not have necessarily
a hostile sense as in Luke 14:31, but simply means that amongst the
chance co...
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STIRRED BY IDOLATRY
Acts 17:13
From the first, the gospel was baptized in the fire of persecution.
How unutterable the loneliness and sorrow of the Apostle as he reached
Athens! Did doubt ever enter...
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At Thessalonica and Berea the apostle visited the synagogues, and
again in each case persecution arose from the Jews. A sentence which
fell from the lips of the leader of the mob shows with what rapid...
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Paul and the Athenian Philosophers
While he waited, Paul apparently toured the city and discovered it was
totally given over to idolatry. This provoked, or one might say
angered, him. He went to the s...
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(10) Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,
encountered him. And some said, What will this (i) babbler say? other
some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: becau...
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Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. The former of these philosophers
held as their doctrine, that the Almighty did not interfere by his
providence in the government of the world; that the soul did not
s...
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PAUL AT ATHENS
16-33. While Timothy and Silas prosecute the work in the upper
country, Paul and Luke spend the time at Athens, the world's grand
emporium of science, literature, philosophy, and idolat...
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Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in
him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. (17) Therefore
disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout
p...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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_HISTORICAL CERTAINTY OF THE RESURRECTION_
‘Jesus and the Resurrection.’
Acts 17:18
It is of vital importance, and especially at a time such as the
present, to realise that the Resurrection of the...
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18._They reasoned with him. _Luke addeth now that Paul had a combat
with the philosophers; not that he set upon them of set purpose,
forasmuch as he knew that they were even born only to brawl and c...
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In the last case it was the power exercised by the enemy over the
passions of the Gentiles that caused the persecution of the apostles:
at Thessalonica we again find the old and universal enmity of th...
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THEN CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE EPICUREANS,.... These were so called
from Epicurus, the son of Neocles, who was born 342 years before
Christ, and taught philosophy at Athens, in his garden; the princ...
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Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,
encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other
some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he
pre...
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_Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans and of the Stoics
encountered him_ Greek, συνεβαλλον αυτω, _opposed
themselves to him._ The Epicureans entirely denied a providence, and
held the world to...
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EPICUREANS; from Epicurus their founder, who taught that pleasure is
the chief good.
STOICS; from stoa, a Greek word meaning a porch; because, in a
structure so named, Zeno the founder of this sect t...
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THEN CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE EPICUREANS AND OF THE STOICS
ENCOUNTERED HIM. AND SOME SAID, WHAT WILL THIS BABBLER SAY? OTHER
SOME, HE SEEMETH TO BE A SETTER FORTH OF STRANGE GODS; BECAUSE HE
PREACH...
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PAUL IN ATHENS.
The arrival and the first discussions:...
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From Philippi Paul and his company travelled westward in Greece to
Thessalonica (also in Macedonia). A Jewish synagogue being there, they
attended this for three sabbath days, reasoning with the Jews...
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THEN CERTAIN EPICUREAN AND STOIC PHILOSOPHERS ENCOUNTERED HIM. AND
SOME SAID, " WHAT DOES THIS BABBLER WANT TO SAY? " OTHERS SAID, " HE
SEEMS TO BE A PROCLAIMER OF FOREIGN GODS, " BECAUSE HE PREACHED...
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BABBLER:
Or, base fellow...
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"And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered
him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to
be. setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus...
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16-21 Athens was then famed for polite learning, philosophy, and the
fine arts; but none are more childish and superstitious, more impious,
or more credulous, than some persons, deemed eminent for le...
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Both these sects of philosophers were the most opposite to
Christianity of all others:
1. The _Epicureans_ (so called from one Epicurus) did generally deny,
that the world was made, or that it is gov...
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18. By efforts so persistent he succeeded in attracting some attention
from the idle throng, but it was of a character, at first, not very
flattering. (18) " The certain of the Epicurean and Stoic phi...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
branding not all philosophy, but the Epicurean, which Paul mentions in
the Acts of the Apostles,[124]
Lactantius A Treatise on the Anger of God
Therefore the o...
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Acts 17:18 Then G1161 certain G5100 Epicurean G1946 and G2532 Stoic
G4770 philosophers G5386 encountered G4820 (G5707)
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EFFECTIVE MINISTRY IN ATHENS (17:15-34).
His Berean guides saw Paul safely to Athens. This had not been where
he was originally aiming for. After Thessalonica his intention had
probably been to procee...
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‘And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers
encountered him.'
In the marketplace he met among others certain Epicurean and Stoic
philosophers. The founder of Epicureanism (Epicurus) saw...
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Acts 17:18. THEN CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE EPICUREANS, AND OF THE
STOICS. This would be more accurately rendered, ‘of the Epicurean
and Stoic philosophers.' Epicurus, founder of the philosophic sect...
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AND CERTAIN ALSO OF THE EPICUREAN AND STOIC PHILOSOPHERS ENCOUNTERED
HIM
(τινες δε κα των Επικουριων κα Στωικων
φιλοσοφων συνεβαλλον αυτω). Imperfect active of
συνβαλλω, old verb, in the N.T. only b...
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EPICUREANS
Disciples of Epicurus, B.C. 342-271, who abandoned as hopeless the
search by reason for pure truth, compare (John 18:38), seeking instead
true pleasure through experience.
STOICKS
Discip...
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CONTENTS: Founding of church at Thessalonica and the Jewish
opposition. Paul and Silas at Berea. Paul at Athens and the sermon
from Mars' hill.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul, Silas, Jason, Caesar, philoso...
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Acts 17:1. _When they had passed through Amphipolis._ Boiste adds the
Roman name _Emboli._ It was built by Simon, the Athenian commander. It
stood on an island formed in the river Strymon, and was cal...
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WHILE PAUL WAS WAITING IN ATHENS. Some think he had intended to wait
until the others came, before beginning his work. HE WAS GREATLY
UPSET. PAROKSUNETO: burning with anger [righteous indignation]. He...
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_And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athena _
PAUL AT ATHENS
I. The place which the apostle visited. Athens.
II. The feelings of which he was the subject. Not of admiration at the
masterp...
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_Therefore disputed he in the synagogue … and in the market._
PAUL’S DISCUSSIONS IN THE SYNAGOGUE AND MARKET PLACE
I. The parties with whom Paul reasoned. These may be looked on in two
aspects:--
1...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 17:18 Paul spoke with representatives of two of
the most popular philosophies of the day, Stoicism and Epicureanism.
⇐...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 17:16. ATHENS.—Described by Milton (_Paradise Regained_, Acts
4:20) as “the eye of Greece,” and “the mother of arts and
eloquence.” The capital of Attica was situated about fiv...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 17:1
AMPHIPOLIS. This was the ancient capital of that division of
Macedonia (Macedonia Prima); see Acts 16:12, note. It was situated on
the Via Egnatia, thirty-four miles southwest f...
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Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came
to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews (Acts 17:1):
Now Luke passes that off in one verse. From Philippi to Amph...
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1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1
Corinthians 15:4;...
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Epicureans. Disciples of Epicurus, and atheists. They acknowledged God
in words, but denied his providence and superintendence over the
world. According to them, the soul was material and annihilated...
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Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosopher — The Epicureans
entirely denied a providence, and held the world to be the effect of
mere chance; asserting sensual pleasure to be man's chief good, and
th...